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Sony's Memory Stick TV Tuner at CeBit
ChowderGiggler writes "It seems like simply a picture, but there is a page at PocketPCMinds.com which shows a prototype Sony Memory Stick TV Tuner. This really has some cool applications especially if it gets ported to the Memory Stick Duo which is used in Smartphones like the Sony-Ericsson P800."
From the picture here it looks like it is a Duo. Not really sure what the difference is, though.
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..Mr Taco? Did you even look at the linked picture? It IS an MS Duo!
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How about getting some decent programs on TV before any more money is spent on the technology? Is there anything (besides maybe The Simpsons) on broadcast TV worth watching? Except for Adult Swim, and some of the channels like TLC, TechTV, Animal Planet, I can't find anything to hold my interest. Wireless web provides me much more entertainment.
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When will Mozilla be able to fit on a memory stick? Doing this would allow me to browse the web on my digital camera. (yes, if mozilla could fit on a memory stick, then with another 50kb so could Internet Explorer)
at the bottom of the page warns everyone of the coming "Slashdot effect"!
I can see the day when everyone fears for their servers' life when Slashdot comes near!
But: Bad news
This was just a mock up prototype shown at CeBit and not an actual working device. It is also shown in the MS Duo format, but sony has been showing off these kind of memory stick mock ups for years. While it was a non working model, sony has developed the chips in a size that would make this feasible, only problem is battery draw. There arw more specs on the device here.
Here is the "article", all the text on the linked pagee, it's just an image's description:
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Take a look at a this little fellow here
They say that this would turn the Sony Ericsson P800 into a TV! I'd love to see that on my cell phone
I got this picture from a friend with no further details... is there anyone that knows more???
Doesn't look like any real info, let alone any factual evidence that this is more than just a concept.
How about making a cell phone that works reliably MAKING PHONE CALLS before trying to get TV on a 1 inch screen? I just want to make a call dammit, I don't need games, pictures, PDA, voice recognition or TV. I just want to make a call.
Sorry to disappoint.
Is this from the bad-and-ugly-drm-mpaa-riaa-member Sony that we all hate or is it from cool-and-high-tech-gadgets Sony ?
I'm boycotting one of them while my home is filled with stuff from the other. It's a shame they have the same name and logo, it would be so much easier to distinguish them!
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Here's a copy of the picture, since the site is slashdotted
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The "shock and awe" effect.
/. effect outlawed in the Geneva Convention.
I wouldn't be surprised to see the
You were mistaken. Which is odd, since memory shouldn't be a problem for you
The world really needed another proprietary, patented, owned by one company 'standard'. I hope they integrate this into every TV in the future.
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Sega Game Gear had a TV Tuner years ago, and so did the nomad.
As did GameXPress (portable TG16).
There's a tuner for the GBA, and one for GBC, IIRC.
Why is it so difficult or fantastic to add one to a PDA?
It hardly seems worth it to me, unless they can shrink down a DirecTV dish or it comes with a huge spool of coax cable. Free to air TV is slowly being driven out of existence.
HDTV (digital signals) will put the final nail in it's coffin, when the slightly-fuzzy-but-watchable analog channel turns into a skipping jerky unwatchable slideshow. I think we all recognize the difference between a weak analog signal and a weak digital one.
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If you read the article and the comment to the end, you can see this link.0 03-3-19 -Memory-Stick-TV.html :
http://www.pdastreet.com/articles/2003/3/2
Where you can read this
"Memory Stick TV Tuner Still a Dream
At CEBIT last week, Sony showed off what appeared to be a Memory Stick TV tuner for the CLIE
It turns out that what appeared to be a TV Tuner was really a concept design and not a real Memory Stick Tuner. Sony has no immediate plans to create such as device. "
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So does this mean my satelite phone would get tons of channels? "Ted, my phone doesn't work. Can you fix it? They're all speaking Japanese!"
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